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Daniela Bevilacqua, « The History of Janakpurdham: A study of asceticism and the hindu polity, by Richard Burghart », European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, ID : 10.4000/ebhr.366
I started my research on the Ramanandi sampradaya – the largest Vaishnava order in North India whose ascetics are also called Bairagis – by reading Richard Burghart’s articles extrapolated from his doctoral thesis, which was unpublished at the time and represented a Holy Grail in the imaginary of those interested in a multidisciplinary approach. Thanks to Martin Gaenszle, this incredible work is finally available, enriched by a selection of Burghart’s photographs collected from the archives o...